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PROPOSED 

NORTH  CAROLINA  STATE  MEMORIAL 

RALEIGH.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

1918 


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University  ol  North  Carolina 

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PROPOSED 

NORTH  CAROLINA  STATE  MEMORIAL 

COMMEMORATIVE    AND     HISTORICAL 

RALEIGH.  NORTH  CAROLINA 


NORTH   CAROLINA   STATE   MEMORIAL 

RALEIGH.  NORTH  CAROLINA 
COMMEMORATIVE     AND     HISTORICAL 


To  be  dedicated  by  the  people  of  North  Carolina  to  the  cause 
of  Liberty.  Justice,  and  Humanity,  and  to  commemorate  the  sacri- 
fices, labors,  ami  ideals  of  her  statesmen,  soldiers,  and  sailors,  as 
well  as  the  united  effort  of  the  whole  people  in  the  Great  War  of 
1917-1918. 

Designed  also  to  house  the  archives,  statuary,  paintings,  relics, 
and  memorials  of  distinguished  citizens,  their  deeds  of  valor  and 
words  of  wise  counsel. 

The  structure  to  be  in  itself  a  monument  and  a  memorial, 
fitted  by  design  and  construction  to  lend  itself  to  adornment  with 
statuary,  mural  paintings,  portraits,  relics,  and  other  objects  of 
interest. 

To  be  constructed  of  North  Carolina  granite  and  fine  white 
marble,  fire-proof.  The  interior  consists  of  a  ground  or  base- 
ment floor,  especially  for  archives,  etc.  A  main  floor,  with  pro- 
jecting galleries,  octagonal  in  shape,  with  a  central  rotunda  49 
feet  in  diameter  and  98  feet  to  the  domed  ceiling.  The  first  story 
is  20  feet  in  height.  Above  is  a  second  floor  20  feet  high  with 
galleries  and  a  balcony  in  the  rotunda. 

The  ceiling  of  the  dome  to  be  decorated  by  a  great  mural 
painting  of  historical  significance. 

Designed  by  Rossel  Edward  Mitchell  and  Co.,  Ltd. 

Architects  and  Town  Planners 

Norfolk,  Va.  Washington,  D.  C. 


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DESIGN    PROPOSED    BY 

RossEL  Edward  Mitchell  and  Co..   Ltd. 

ARCHITECTS  AND  TOWN    PLANNERS 
Norfolk.  Virginia,    and  Washington.  D.  C. 


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This  book  may  be  kept  out  one  month  unless  a  recall 
notice  is  sent  to  you.  It  must  be  brought  to  the  North 
Carolina  Collection  (in  Wilson  Library)  for  renewal. 


